Improvement in horseshoe-pads



s. KIMBALL. Horseshoe-Pad.

No. 221,681.- Patent'ed Nov. 18, I879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

STEPHEN KIMBALL, OF ALSTEAD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN H. KIMBALL, OF MARLBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOE-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,68l, dated November 18, 1879; application filed July 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN KIMBALL, of Alstead, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoe-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to flexible pads or cushions for horses feet, which have heretofore been attached permanently under the shoe when the horse is shod, or attached at pleasure by snapping into recesses in the shoe or under its inner edges, by means of springs or the elastic substances of which they are formed.

The objectof my invention is, first, to pro duce a pad or sole which may be applied to any common shoe simply by drilling one hole, and may be removed at pleasure, for the purpose of preventing the adhesion of snow-balls when traveling in winter, and protecting the foot from injury by contact with stone and other sharp substances when traveling on rough roads; secondly, it being concave or chambered on its upper or inner surface, it forms a space for readily applying a wet sponge and retaining it in position, for the purpose of keeping the hoof in a moist and healthful con- (lition during the dry summer months; and, finally, for the application of poultices, medicated sponges, or drugs for the treatment of all diseases of the feet.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective of a device embodying myinvention. Fig.2 isa plan of the same, representing the under side of shoe with pad attached.

To the inner recess of the iron shoe A is fitted a pad, 0, around the edges of which is a flange, c, which forms a chamber, b, between the hoof and pad 0, for the double purpose of a receptacle to hold a sponge or other substances when desired, and also to admit of the vibration of the springs a a for the purpose of throwing oft adhering particles of snow.

and when removed they react and form a partial vibration, which effectually throws off all particles of snow that might otherwise adhere and form a ball, which very much retards traveling on a snow-path.

What I claim is- 1. An improved pad for horseshoes, consisting. of the pad 0, recessed or chambered in its under surface, and adapted to be secured to the shoe by springs a a, riveted together, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of horseshoe A and the chambered pad 0 with the springs a a and set screw (1, arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

STEPHEN KIMBALL.

Witnesses:

AIKEN GILMORE, A. R. EMERSON. 

